Wagon-wheel.



No. 823,835. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. I. T. HURD.

WAGON WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WAGON-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 287,605.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL T. HURD, a I citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and Improved WagonWheel, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to carriages and wagons; and its object is toprovide a new and improved wagon-Wheel, more especially designed for useon road and farm wagons and arranged to combine strength with durabilityand to allow forming the wheel of wood with a hub and tire of metal.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, part of the tirebeing broken out. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a face view of the same, parts being removedand parts broken out and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of theconnecting-washers for adjacent felly-sections.

The wheel in its general construction consists of a metallic hub A,wooden spokes B, and a wooden felly C, covered on its peripheral facewith the usual metal tire D. The hub A is provided at or near its middlewith a polygonal face portion A, each side of the polygon forming a seatfor the inner end B of a spoke B, the said inner end B having taperingsides fitting the corresponding sides of the inner ends of adjacentspokes to form a solid wooden center around the hub A, which center isseated on the polygonal portion A. The hub A is also provided with anintegral flange A against which rests the rear face of the solid centerformed by the spoke ends B, and the front face of the said solid centeris engaged by a ring A having its opening polygonal and fitting thepolygonal portion A of the hub A, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.Bolts E extend transversely through the ring A the spokes B, and theflange A to securely fasten the several parts together.

The felly C is formed of circular layers C,

C and C of which the circular layer C is the central one, and the layersC and C are the outer layers and overlie the faces of the central layer0. Each of the layersC, C and C is made in segmental sections breakingjoints, as plainly indicated in the drawings, the ends of each sectionof the central layer C fitting the sides of the outer reduced ends B ofadjacent spokes B, (see Fig. 1 and the left portion of Fig. 3,) thereduced outer end B of each spoke forming shoulders B with the mainportion of the spoke, so that each section of the central layer 0 isseated on the shoulders B of adjacent spokes. It is understood that thereduced end B of a spoke is of the same thickness as the central layerC, so that the outer layers 0 and C overlie and fit the rear and frontfaces of the said reduced ends B of the spokes.

The layers 0, C and C are fastenedtogether by the transverse bolts F,and similar bolts F are employed for fastening the outer layers C and Cto the ends B of the spokes. The sections of the outer layers C and Care connected with each other at their abutting ends by washers G,preferably made of diamond shape and provided with inwardly extendingprongs G, adapted tobe driven into the ends of adjacent sections, so asto securely hold the sections together, the washer G also formin a seatfor the corresponding head or nut of the bolt F used at the joint. Bythe arrangement described an exceedingly strong and durable wagon-wheelis provided, capable of withstanding heavy strains in every direction.The grains of the wood of the several layers C, C and C are parallelwith each other to strengthen the felly of the wheel and to render itless liable to split.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination in a wheel with the central andside layers of the rim, of bolts eX- tending through the rim at a pointbetween the sections of the side layers thereof, and washers on saidbolts and overlapping the joints between the sections of the outerlayers.

2. A wagon-Wheel comprising a hub, spokes attached at their inner endsto the said hub, a felly formed of layers made in sections fastenedtogether, the outer ends of the spokes fitting between the adjacent endsof successive sections of the central layer, the sections of the layersbreaking joints, transverse bolts for fastening the layers together,sundry of the bolts extending through the joints of the sections of theouter layers, and Washers for the bolts passing through the joints, eachWasher extending across the joint and its ends being provided withinwardly-extending prongs driven into the adjacent sections.

3. A wagon-wheel comprising a hub having a polygonal face portion, anintegral flange and a ring, the opening of which corresponds with thesaid polygonal face portion, spokes having their inner ends abuttingagainst the polygonal face portion, trans verse bolts for fastening theflange, spokes and ring together, a felly made of a central layer andouter layers superimposed on opposite faces of the said central layer,bolts for fastening the layers together, and bolts for fastening theouter layers and the outer spoke ends together.

4. A wagon-wheel comprising a hub having a polygonal face portion, anintegral flange and a ring, the opening of which corresponds with thesaid polygonal face portion, spokes having their inner ends abuttingagainst the polygonal face portion, transverse bolts for fastening theflange, spokes and ring together, and a felly made of a central layerand outer layers superimposed on opposite faces of the said centrallayer, the central layer being made in sections abutting with their endson the outer ends of the spokes.

5. A Wagon-wheel comprising a hub hav ing a polygonal face portion, anintegral flange and a ring, the opening of which corresponds with thesaid polygonal face portion, spokes having their inner ends abuttingagainst the polygonal face portion, transverse bolts for fastening theflange, spokes and ring together, and a felly made of a central layerand outer layers superimposed on opposite faces of the said centrallayer, the

central layer being made in sections abutting with their ends on theouter ends of the spokes, the latter having shoulders for the ends ofthe said sections to rest on.

6. A wagon-wheel comprising a hub having a polygonal face portion, anintegral flange and a ring, the opening of which corresponds with thesaid polygonal face portion, spokes having their inner ends abuttingagainst the polygonal face portion, trans verse bolts for fastening theflange, spokes and ring together, and a felly made of a central layerand outer layers superimposed on opposite faces of the said centrallayer, the central layer being made in sections abutting with their endson the outer ends of the spokes, the outer layers being also made insections, breaking joints with each other and with the sections of thecentral layer.

7. A wagon-wheel comprising a hub having a polygonal face portion, anintegral flange and a ring, the opening of which corresponds with thesaid polygonal face portion, spokes having their inner ends abuttingagainst the polygonal face portion, transverse bolts for fastening theflange, spokes and ring to gether, a felly made of a central layer andouter layers superimposed on opposite faces of the said central layer,the central layer being made in sections abutting with their ends on theouter ends of the spokes, the outer layers being also made in sections,breaking joints with each other and with the sections of the centrallayer, transverse bolts for fastening the layers together, andtransverse bolts for fastening the outer layers and the spokes together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISRAEL T. HURD.

Witnesses:

GLENN T. HURD, CHARLES E. RoBINsoN.

